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SAMUEL Faros LOWELL, MASSLCHUSETTS.C

Letters Patent No. 61,411, dated January 22, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL FAY, of Low'ell, in the county of Middlesex, and Statecf Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Machine for Opening and Cleaning Cotton, 85e. and I do hereby declaro that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- "u A Figure l is a top or plan view of my improved machine, partly in sect-ion through the line 2:1', fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through the line ,1/ y, fig. 1.

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This invention is designed to furnish an improved machine for opening and cleaning cotton and other fibrous substances in a. thoroughV manner, without injuring the fibre, or rolling or curling it, as isthe case when opened by ordinary means, and which shall be equally applicable to other uses. And it consists in the combination of tno beaters, arranged the one Within the other, and revolved with the same'or d'ierent velocities in the suine or opposite directions, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the frame of the machine, in which are formed the bearings B of the shafts C and D. .E and F are pulleys attached to the shafts C and D for the reception of the belts, by means of which motion is co1nmuni cated to theniachine.- To the cud of the shaft C is attached a disk, G, from the face of which project a series of wings or arms, H. When the disk'G is made about eighteen inches in diameter, the wings H shouldpbe about six inches long. The Wings or beaters II may be made in the form shown in figs. l and '2, or they may be made'wider or narrower, according to the work to be donc. The number of the wings H may alsoJJe varied as desired. To the end of the shaft D is attached a disk, I, in such a position as to bc parallel with and close to the disk G. The disk I should be about twenty-nine inches in diameter. From the part of the disk I extending beyond the disk G project arms or beaters, J, of about the same length as the Wings H, as shown in fig. 1. Any desired number of arms, J, maybe employed, according to the character of the work to be donc. If desired, the Wings H may be attached'to the outer or larger disk. K'is a` cover which may b'c'placed over the operating part of the machine when desired, and which should have un opening formed through it for the admission of the cotton or other substance to be operated upon. The material may be fed to the machine through trunks, or it maybe placed by hand upon au apron, or fed from a table, L, as shown in iig. 1., M is a screen, placed beneath the beaters, through which the dirt escapes, and the cotton or other substance passes out through the spout N; or any other desired arrangement may be made for separating the dirt. It should be observed that the dimensions herein given are merely suggested, and that the relative dimensions of the parts maybe varied indefinitely without departing from my invention.

This machine has been described as applied to opening and cleaning cotton and other fibrous substances, but it is equally applicable to various other use-s, such as threshing and cleaning grain, Ste.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the beaters Gr H and I J, arranged the one within the other, and revolved with the same or di'erent velocities, and in the same or opposite directions, substantially as herein shown and describeth SAML FAY.

Witnesses LANDON ADAMS, LEVI FERGUSEN. 

